Neuregulin-ERBB signaling in the nervous system and neuropsychiatric diseases

L Mei, KA Nave - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Neuregulins (NRGs) comprise a large family of growth factors that stimulate ERBB receptor
tyrosine kinases. NRGs and their receptors, ERBBs, have been identified as susceptibility …

Human copy number variation and complex genetic disease

S Girirajan, CD Campbell… - Annual review of genetics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Copy number variants (CNVs) play an important role in human disease and population
diversity. Advancements in technology have allowed for the analysis of CNVs in thousands …

A genome-wide scan for common alleles affecting risk for autism

R Anney, L Klei, D Pinto, R Regan… - Human molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Although autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have a substantial genetic basis, most of the
known genetic risk has been traced to rare variants, principally copy number variants …

De novo gene mutations highlight patterns of genetic and neural complexity in schizophrenia

B Xu, I Ionita-Laza, JL Roos, B Boone, S Woodrick… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
To evaluate evidence for de novo etiologies in schizophrenia, we sequenced at high
coverage the exomes of families recruited from two populations with distinct demographic …

Exome sequencing supports a de novo mutational paradigm for schizophrenia

B Xu, JL Roos, P Dexheimer, B Boone, B Plummer… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Despite its high heritability, a large fraction of individuals with schizophrenia do not have a
family history of the disease (sporadic cases). Here we examined the possibility that rare de …

Convergent functional genomics of schizophrenia: from comprehensive understanding to genetic risk prediction

M Ayalew, H Le-Niculescu, DF Levey, N Jain… - Molecular …, 2012 - nature.com
We have used a translational convergent functional genomics (CFG) approach to identify
and prioritize genes involved in schizophrenia, by gene-level integration of genome-wide …

High frequencies of de novo CNVs in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

D Malhotra, S McCarthy, JJ Michaelson, V Vacic… - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
While it is known that rare copy-number variants (CNVs) contribute to risk for some
neuropsychiatric disorders, the role of CNVs in bipolar disorder is unclear. Here, we …

Microdeletion/microduplication of proximal 15q11. 2 between BP1 and BP2: a susceptibility region for neurological dysfunction including developmental and language …

RD Burnside, R Pasion, FM Mikhail, AJ Carroll… - Human genetics, 2011 - Springer
The proximal long arm of chromosome 15 has segmental duplications located at
breakpoints BP1–BP5 that mediate the generation of NAHR-related microdeletions and …

Rare structural variants in schizophrenia: one disorder, multiple mutations; one mutation, multiple disorders

J Sebat, DL Levy, SE McCarthy - Trends in Genetics, 2009 - cell.com
Recent studies have established an important role for rare genomic deletions and
duplications in the etiology of schizophrenia. This research suggests that the genetic …

Rare deletions at 16p13. 11 predispose to a diverse spectrum of sporadic epilepsy syndromes

EL Heinzen, RA Radtke, TJ Urban, GL Cavalleri… - The American Journal of …, 2010 - cell.com
Deletions at 16p13. 11 are associated with schizophrenia, mental retardation, and most
recently idiopathic generalized epilepsy. To evaluate the role of 16p13. 11 deletions, as well …